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Half-Life: Alyx

Catalogue entry · not reviewed · store data read 30 August 2026

Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.

First-Person Shooter

Player score
9.8/10
105,097 reviews
Released
2020
Developer
Campo Santo
Platforms
1 systems
Critics
93
Steam Deck
unsupported
Download
Not stated
We have not written a full review of this game.This is a catalogue entry: everything below comes from a source we can link, checked on a stated date. There is no score and no verdict here, because we only publish those after a reviewer has played the game and written it up properly. Our team may well have played this one. Until someone writes the review, we are not going to imply a verdict we have not put our name to.

What is Half-Life: Alyx?

Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.

Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.

The record

Catalogue facts
First released23 March 2020
DeveloperCampo Santo
PublisherNot recorded
PlatformsPC
GenresFirst-Person Shooter
Languages28 supported

Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q75653574, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.

How was Half-Life: Alyx received?

Players98%positive of 105,097 · Overwhelmingly Positive
Metacritic93critic aggregate, PC
Achievements42on Steam

Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.

Accessibility

6 declared features

Seeing

  • Subtitle Options

Hearing

  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Stereo Sound
  • Surround Sound

Input

None declared

Difficulty

  • Adjustable Difficulty
  • Save Anytime

Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

What does it support?

Technical support
CapabilitySupport
ControllerNot stated
Cloud savesNo
Cross-platform playNo
Mod supportSteam Workshop
Online playSingle-player only
In-game purchasesNo
Steam Deckunsupported
Download sizeNot stated
Add-on content1 DLC listed
Age gateNone

Content descriptors

  • Frequent violence or gore
  • General mature content

Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.

What does it cost?

$59.99

Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.

Problems players report

We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Half-Life: Alyx on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.

  1. Crashes and freezes38 of 300 (13%)

    If you plan to use a Radeon GPU be aware you might run into really frequent crashes the dev team doesn't not know/want to fix.

    Steam review, 7 August 2024 · 12 hours played · 17 readers marked it helpful

    yeah this game is decent but why does it keep crashing every 20 minutes, i have a £4,000 PC and every time i pull my weapon out the game crashes and sends me back to my last save.

    Steam review, 10 February 2024 · 2 hours played · 9 readers marked it helpful
  2. Performance and stutter17 of 300 (6%)

    Even though Batman ran on just the headset, the frame rate was smoother.

    Steam review, 28 August 2025 · 4 hours played · 4 readers marked it helpful

    I'm trying to run Alyx on 72hz and auto recommmend res and it still stutters, plays like S*** and crashes.

    Steam review, 10 October 2025 · 50 hours played · 3 readers marked it helpful

A further 10 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.

Games like Half-Life: Alyx

24 games overlap with Half-Life: Alyx on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Black Mesa, Alien: Isolation and Half-Life: Source.

All 24 games like Half-Life: Alyx

Common questions about Half-Life: Alyx

What platforms is Half-Life: Alyx on?

Half-Life: Alyx is available on PC. It first released in 2020.

How much does Half-Life: Alyx cost?

$59.99 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.

Do players recommend Half-Life: Alyx?

98% of 105,097 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Overwhelmingly Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.

What is the Metacritic score for Half-Life: Alyx?

93 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.

Does Half-Life: Alyx work on Steam Deck?

Valve rates Half-Life: Alyx as unsupported on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.

Who made Half-Life: Alyx?

Half-Life: Alyx was developed by Campo Santo.